Editing Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (section)

=== Foundation and location ===
The school was founded in 1573 by Queen [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]], petitioned by [[Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester]], and assisted by local alderman Edward Underne.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/who_we_are/our_history |title=School Website: History |access-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304061312/https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/who_we_are/our_history |archive-date=4 March 2017 |url-status = dead|df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]'s [[Royal charter|charter]] of 1573 describes the school's purpose thus:

<blockquote> Bringing up and instruction of boys and youth, to be brought up in grammar and other learning, and the same to continue for ever, and the said School for one Master and one Usher for ever to continue and remain and that there shall be for ever four-and-twenty discreet, honest governors<ref name="london_encyc">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=The London encyclopaedia |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |date=2008 |edition=3rd |isbn=9781405049245 |oclc=141381380}}</ref> </blockquote>

The original [[Tudor style architecture|Tudor]] building, known as [[Tudor Hall, Chipping Barnet|Tudor Hall]], was erected in 1577 opposite the Church of St John the Baptist on Wood Street, with money raised by the first governors of the school and by collections in London churches. It was repaired in 1597 and again in 1637. During the 17th century, further extensive repairs were carried out, in spite of a poor financial situation following the [[English Civil War|Civil War]]. Financial conditions became progressively more comfortable during the 18th century.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/about-us/our-history/ |title=Our History |date=2019 |website=Queen Elizabeth's School |language=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506003455/https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/about-us/our-history/ |archive-date=6 May 2019 |access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref>

The trustees of Elizabeth Allen's Charity, which had been established by her will dated 10 February 1725, gave financial assistance to save it from a state "very ruinous and unfit for habitation".<ref name=autogenerated2>''The London Encyclopedia'': Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay and Keay (2008)</ref> It then became a private boarding school.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> It was closed in 1872 and restored in 1874 with many additions. In 1885 a governor, H. E. Chetwynd Stapylton, bought a plot of land behind the Jesus Hospital, a building in Wood Street dating back to 1679; today the Stapylton Field stands in front of the main school building and is used for rugby and cricket.<ref name=autogenerated1>"[http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/who_we_are/our_history Queen Elizabeth's School – Our history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304061312/https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/who_we_are/our_history |date=4 March 2017 }}". www.qebarnet.co.uk.</ref>

As the number of pupils outgrew the capacity of Tudor Hall, so the school was transferred in 1932 to a new site in Queen's Road, which backed on to the Stapylton Field. It was administered by the South Herts Division of [[Hertfordshire County Council]], until 1965 when it became part of the borough of Barnet. In the 1960s, there were around 550 boys with 150 in the sixth form. Tudor Hall was completely restored in 1968 by the [[London Borough of Barnet]], and is now part of [[Barnet and Southgate College]].<ref name=autogenerated2 />

Two plaques are located on the walls of the original school building, Tudor Hall. Inscribed on the stone plaque is: <blockquote>This is to commemorate the original school founded here by Queen Elizabeth and built in 1573. The school was removed in 1932 to new building in Queens Road, Barnet. This plaque was erected by the Visitors of Jesus Hospital Charity, the owners in 1952.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/tudor-hall-stone/ |title=Tudor Hall - stone |date=1952 |website=London Remembers |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209012316/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/tudor-hall-stone |archive-date=9 February 2017 |access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref></blockquote> A more recent blue plaque was erected by the London borough of Barnet which dictates: <blockquote> This Tudor Hall housed the free grammar school of Queen Elizabeth I who granted its charter in 1573.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/tudor-hall-blue/ |title=Tudor Hall - blue |website=London Remembers |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209012354/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/tudor-hall-blue |archive-date=9 February 2017 |access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref>
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